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The Missing 30 Million
Patrick Hynes | 3.17.06 @ 12:08AM
Republican "moral issues" voters weren't a myth. Why have they been erased from history?
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Friday, March 17, 2006
Media Matters
Jettisoning Print
Paul Chesser | 3.17.06 @ 12:08AM
After acquiring Knight-Ridder, McClatchy is well positioned to do the best thing for the newspaper business -- ditch print for all digital.
The Nation's Pulse
A Walk in the Mall
Lawrence Henry | 3.17.06 @ 12:07AM
Exercise in the land of super-plenty.
Among the Intellectualoids
The Passion of Brokeback Mountain
Shawn Macomber | 3.17.06 @ 12:07AM
Annie Proulx, that rattlesnake, redefines the term "sore loser."
The Public Policy
Snowe Jobs
Robert M. Goldberg | 3.17.06 @ 12:06AM
The Wydening credibility gap in Senate efforts to "negotiate" drug prices.
Movie Takes
Duck Season
James Bowman | 3.17.06 @ 12:02AM
The best movie of the year so far -- not to be missed.
Reader Mail
Your Tax Dollars at Work
3.17.06 @ 12:01AM
Government guzzles gasoline taxes. Also: Reviving dead rock -- save the summer fun Beach Boys! Panther divisions. Neopaleoconservatism. Black and White periods. Plus much more...including a few closing Ben Stein tributes.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Special Report
Adult Humor
Pia de Solenni | 3.16.06 @ 12:07AM
The real lesson behind Steve Martin's latest flop.
The Current Crisis
Dead Rock
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 3.16.06 @ 12:06AM
Rock no longer rolls. Do Democrats?
The Public Policy
The Real Gas Price Gouger
Eric Peters | 3.16.06 @ 12:06AM
Imagine if you had to fork over 50 cents in taxes for every $1 you spent on groceries.
Political Hay
Apparently I'm a Paleocon
Steven M. Warshawsky | 3.16.06 @ 12:06AM
This time Fred Barnes has really gone too far!
Among the Intellectualoids
Not Black and White Enough
J. Peter Freire | 3.16.06 @ 12:05AM
The race question, or card, as it happens to be played, is really an exercise in self-abuse.
Reader Mail
The Democrat 55
3.16.06 @ 12:01AM
Rosa DeLauro doesn't want to hear from you. Plus other examples of non-Catholicism. Also: Confederate Republican rule. Paycheck protectors. Comrade Lynn. A new wave of Ben mail. And much else.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Special Report
Judges Judging Judges, Quite Judiciously
Quin Hillyer | 3.15.06 @ 12:08AM
Three of the nation's leading female judges gave important speeches last week. Two of them weren't Sandra Day O'Connor.
Another Perspective
Blank Checks
David Hogberg | 3.15.06 @ 12:08AM
Sen. George Allen's gimmick to withhold members' salaries if budgets don't pass on time will only result in greater spending.
Among the Intellectualoids
Alternate Realities
Shawn Macomber | 3.15.06 @ 12:07AM
Is racial progress possible? With Confederate States of America, in which modern Republicans are the slaveowners, director Kevin Wilmott suggests the answer is no.
Political Hay
Selectively Faithful
Lisa Fabrizio | 3.15.06 @ 12:06AM
Fifty-five Catholic House Democrats sign on to do-it-yourself Catholicism.
At Large
Billions for Barrels
Ralph R. Reiland | 3.15.06 @ 12:05AM
We can never be too sure what else is included in the bargains we strike in the Persian Gulf.
Reader Mail
Signing On
3.15.06 @ 12:01AM
Clinton si, Kerry never. The tragedy of Tom Cox. The "unsigned" menace. Plus: One last round with Ben Stein. And much more.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Washington Prowler
Censorious Democrats
The Prowler | 3.14.06 @ 9:21AM
Sen. Feingold plays into Sen. Frist's hands.
Another Perspective
Peace at Any Cost
Doug Powers | 3.14.06 @ 12:08AM
Pacifist Tom Fox died for what the terrorists believe in.
Another Perspective
The Exhaustion of the International Order
James Poulos | 3.14.06 @ 12:07AM
How to win in a world without consensus? Build one.
The Nation's Pulse
Standing Athwart History...
Ivan Osorio | 3.14.06 @ 12:07AM
... and seeing it standing still.
Movie Takes
Our Brand Is Crisis
James Bowman | 3.14.06 @ 12:02AM
James Carville a representative of American imperialism? Political junkies will love it regardless.
Reader Mail
We're Having a Party
3.14.06 @ 12:01AM
Responses to Ben Stein's "Missed Tributes" continue into their second week.
Reader Mail
In Recovery
3.14.06 @ 12:00AM
Don't count Frist out. Bush an imposter? Terminating Dubai. Taking Libertarian liberty. Shared sacrifice? Plus much more.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Buy the Book
Bartlett's Protestations
W. James Antle, III | 3.13.06 @ 12:07AM
The book on big bad Big Spending Bush.
The Nation's Pulse
Where the Joys Aren't
Carol Platt Liebau | 3.13.06 @ 12:06AM
Thanks to feminism's liberations, many a young woman is now on her way to spring break debauchery.
Another Perspective
Through a Glass Lightly
Jay D. Homnick | 3.13.06 @ 12:06AM
Location, location -- preparing for Purim.
Reader Mail
Bad Guy Dubai
3.13.06 @ 12:00AM
What was won. What was lost. Also: Battling over Bush and New Orleans. Still more reactions to Ben Stein. Plus much else.
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